Czech Republic December 22nd- Bohemia Interactive, the award-winning independent Czech development studio, is delighted to announce that just before Santa’s sleigh glides across the rooftops of good boys and girls the world over, our own Christmas present surprise is a new mega update encompassing the whole range of Arma II, Operation Arrowhead & their DLC.

The list of titles updated in today’s patch release extravaganza is as follows:

Operation Arrowhead patched to 1.60New features: FXAA Anti-Aliasing mode, user-definable memory allocators, new scripting commands, new commandline optionsMultiplayer is much smoother, no more warping, includes a number of fixes, optimizations and improvementsNetcode, VON and dedicated server fixes plus configuration additions in placeSingleplayer received visual states smoothing and prediction (notable e.g. on distant units)AI is improved, especially (but not only) in combat, AI has received numerous bug fixes Aircraft & Helicopter simulation received slight improvementsARMA 2, ARMA 2: OA, ARMA 2: EW campaigns and stand-alone missions received special treatment to get rid of most annoying bugsNumerous other small bugs/glitches fixed

Arma 2: Free redefines the free-to-play battlefield with its truly unrivalled scale and gameplay possibilities.Arma 2: Free serves up almost everything offered by the original Arma 2 - the '13th best PC game of all time', according to PC Gamer- minus the campaign, HD graphics and support for user-made addons and mods.Arma 2: Free is scheduled for release in June 2011.

Create your own custom-built scenarios or deploy a massive selection of missions and game-modes made by others.No micro-transactions, no hidden costs, just the same epic terrain and huge variety of equipment!This is Arma 2: Free - virtual war without the training wheels.Arma 2: Free to download, free to play, free to share, free to host, free to create... free to play redefined

Some of the key features of Arma 2: Free include:-Free military simulation - An authentic battlefield simulation, including bullet ballistics, material penetration and much more.-Free armory - A comprehensive range of 300+ weapons, units and fully-usable armed or unarmed vehicles across air, land and water classes.-Free unique multiplayer - Multiplayer with large-scale maps for 50+ live players and hundreds of AI units. Supports a wide variety of MP modes from co-op and PvP modes, to total mayhem!-Free dedicated servers - Both Linux and Windows OS dedicated server support for users to host freely wherever and however they like even to play together on the same retail game-servers.-Free creativity - Quick mission templates, a powerful, built-in, easy to use SP/MP mission editor, and advanced scripting.

To learn more about the Arma 2: Free project please visit the product´s website at www.arma2.com/free

Description : Amongst the variety of tweaks and improvements detailed in the attached readme file, this update focuses on a number of mission fixes.

Fixed:I2 - mission is no longer failing before the takeoffC1,I1 - SD pistol mags were missingC5 - high command icons were not loadedC6 - task waypoint for transporting important POW is fixedC3 - smuggler not shootingI1 - Shilka was too strongI1 - Razor is hunting down one enemy on the whole of ChernarusMinor fixes in (CZ/RU) dubbing protocol[/i]

This update is for all Arma 2 versions including STEAM. However for STEAM version we recommend to use STEAM update.

This is the official update for Arma 2 from 1.00 version to 1.09.This free update is sponsored by Sprocket, the online store where you can buy all Arma 2 series titles and other games directly from the developers.

- Run the patch exe to apply the patch setup automatically.- It will install all content of the patch to the folder with your Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead installation.- Please note that it is not possible to rollback to a previous version after the installation of this patch, only a full reinstall of the game is possible, if you want to keep your previous version you may want to backup the entire game installation folder before applying this patch.- NOTE: This patch will also update your ARMA 2 1.05 to 1.07 and ARMA 2 BAF 1.00 to 1.02 if necessary.

VERSION 1.56 HIGHLIGHTS

* Arma 2: Private Military Company Lite - all units, vehicles and weapons from Arma 2: Private Military Company are included in this patch with lower quality textures and audio files. The full version of Arma 2: Private Military Company with high resolution textures and packed with a new campaign is available for purchase; see http://www.arma2.com/pmc for more information about the content of Arma 2: Private Military Company. * ARMEX - The Multiplayer Armory - enables you to try out all weapons and every single vehicle model from Arma 2 in dynamically generated missions with up to eight friends online or over LAN!